Jonathan Sturges wrote: > first for removing missunderstanding: boot image == bootrom image. i have an intel nic with an i82558 chip and 64kB flash (maximum). an i82559 based nic can contain up to 128kB flash. i have tested it with my i82558, it works. if there is an error, i can disable booting from network by the bios and therefore i ever can rewrite the flash. dirk > Wow... > how much flash is on those Intel NICs anyway? And how big is your boot image? > This sounds neat, but risky. Is there a flash-recovery procedure for those > cards? Probably not, unless the flash device is socketed and could be backed-up > in a device programmer prior to flashing the boot image in there. =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Dirk Pfau <dpfau@gmx.de> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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